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Apart from his position as judge, Wetmore was also involved in many extra-legal activities that helped shape the former North-West Territories and Saskatchewan. As such, he was part of a commission that revised the Statutes of the North-West Territories, which laid the foundation for the laws that govern Saskatchewan today. In 1907, he was appointed first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan. In that same year, he was elected first Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.

Wetmore died in Victoria in 1922 and, as a legacy of his contributions, Wetmore School and Wetmore Crescent in Regina are named in his honour. Hugh Amos Robson writes in the Saskatchewan Bar Review: "Judge Wetmore always insisted on a fair trial, even for the worst type, but when a conviction resulted, his sentences were a terror to evil doers". Judge Wetmore served Canada with a fair and balanced hand, never wavering, shaping Canadian law for the better.

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"Mr. Justice Wetmore." Article on his arrival to Regina in the Regina Leader, April 5, 1887.
5 April 1887



Credits:
SAB. Regina Leader. April 5, 1887.